Portfolio Finance Lead
Applied Materials · Gloucester, MA · 1 wk ago
Finance$92k–$127k/yrFull-time
Job Responsibilities
- Maintain a close relationship with your business partners. Regularly attend staff, business, and technical reviews with the marketing & engineering teams to stay informed, building a stronger understanding of the business and how it fits within the product portfolio
- Ensure complete product roadmap investment is identified and clearly communicated at all business reviews so informed decisions can be made. Maintain performance to target metrics so mgmt. can clearly understand if the program is operating in/out of bounds, key inflection points for investment should be discussed against program/technical deliverables committed or planned.
- Lead Product Line Financial presentation at Quarterly Business Review (QBR). Provide and communicate financial performance to plan for Sr Mgmt., along with objective analysis and reporting presented in a direct manner to drive discussion.
- Model Product Line P&L scenarios for changes in business conditions/assumptions.
- Drive GM Taskforce Efforts (GMLT). Facilitate regular reviews with your team/business partners to identify and drive margin improvement opportunities with established & NPI products.
- Competitor/Customer/Supplier Financial Analysis. Drive regular reviews and analysis of key market information to help guide management decisions
- Special Projects as assigned by Mgmt.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or business Analytics (MBA a plus)
- 4-7 years of relevant progressive experience
- Proven analytical and communication skills
- Enthusiasm to learn about our business and technologies
- Experience with enterprise level financial systems (SAP/BPC preferred)
- Experience with large international MFG and/or Engineering company preferred
- Strong MS Office skill set (Excel, PP, etc.)
- MS CoPilot, Tableau, BI and/or Anaplan experience a plus